CAPTAIN JAMES CARROLL. HTfco Hau Klcoteil to Represent Alaska In Congress. I At a convention held in Juneau, {Alaska, ou tho Sth of October last forty delegates, repre? senting eight thousand c i t i sens of South? eastern Alaska, elected Captain J a me s Carroll to s p e a k for those neglected people in Wash? ington. Cap? tain Carroll is charged to i&amp;gt;ut the wrongs and JAM KS CAKHOI.L. the needs of the Alaska citizens before tho President and Congress, to urge the extension of land laws and timber laws, the establishment of some adequate ju? dicial code and system, the extension of the mail routes to outlying settlements, and to nsk :i scat for himself as Terri? torial Delegate in the House of Repre? sentatives. The Chambers of Com? merce of Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Fort Townsand immediately indorsed the action of the Juneau convention, iand added their memorials to the Presi? dent and Congress. ' Captain Carroll, sa3*s Leslie's lllus (trated Newspaper, is one of th...

ANYTHING ?WHICH WE? MAKE USE OF IS VALUABLE TO US. Gold Hons and holders, tho largest as? sortment at tho lowest prices. Special discounts on all pens sold for month of May. We guarantee all pens or money refunded. Thompson's Book Store. B L A N K BO OK3. A large shipment of Hlank Stock just received and opened enables us to fur? nish these goods in any style and quan? tity at prices lower than they havo ever been offered at before. All styles blank books made to order, l'rico and work? manship guaranteed. Thompson's Book Store. COPYING BOOKS AND PRESSES. Having secured tho agency for tho best line of French Copying Hooks, we supply you retail, at wholesale price. Wo merely ask the opportunity to save you dimes and often dollars on what you buy daily. Thompson's Book Store. No. 30 Campbell Street. Coal! Coal and Wood! W. D. MYERS Has a Coal oflice at 58 Salem avenue. Orders received there for Coal and Wood, which will bo filled promptly on Bhort notice. Telephone 'JS. apr8-ly3 PANTS...

? &amp;lt; &amp;gt; For bargains In real ? estate read the times. 1 VOL. IX.-NO. 207. BAROAINS.?PEOPLE WHO HAVE any money to invest cau pick up bottor bargains in Heal Estate now than ^ bavo been ottered for a year. Thero is no question about money being tight ! and very few people beimr in a position ' to buy, hut thoso who have money and do not invest booauso they aro afraid, aro robbing themselves. 1 havo a few bargains that are exceptionally cheap, that can bo bought during the next 3 or i 4 days at a very low cost. Call on or \ address, WI LBUR S. POLE. . Rooms 3 and 4, Exchange Building. ) ;_:_1 EADT1IIS LIST FOR BARGAINS. R House and lot. Church street, 329 s. w.; water, gas, etc.; Sii.uUO. llouso and lot, 733 Patterson avenue; water, gas, etc. (corner); Ss.COO. llouso and lot, Franklin Road: water, gas, etc.; $3,500. Tbreo houses on Eighth avenue s. w,; 93,000. Several houses in Hclmont addition from S2,3()u up. Several houses in R. F. &amp;amp; II. Addition from...

A SALEM INVENTION. Tho Norfolk and Western Test? ing Carper's Spark Arrester. RoANOKK TlMKS burkau, ) HoTKI. lucehnk, S.U.KM, V*a. i The Norfolk and Western engines a' e at present experimenting with tho Car? per spark arrester, an invention of Kent Carper, a young mechanic of Salem, which is dosigned to arrest tho sparks and cindors from the smoko stack and prevent both their flying out into the fields and igniting tho dry grass, and also their penetrating tho car windows to the annoyance of passengers. Mr. Carper s invention, it is said, docs not interfere with tho perfect draft of the engine, and docs not require tho extra use of fuel. It is a tubular contrivance fitted over tho smoke-stack and oxtending nearly to the sand-box of the engine. At this point tho cinders are stopped by an inner network and fall through two long tubos which straddle tho engine to boxes on either side, where tho sparks are deposited and from which tho en? gineer, by a movement of a rod, may dump them o...

PRETTY DARNING BAG. DAKNIXO BAG. IA Convenient Article That Should Have a I'lueo In Kvory Household. , A particularly convenient durning bng Is illustrated iu this article. The first illustration shows it closed, and tho second open to s h o w tho inside ar? rangement. This bag is made of dark red satino lined with a soft gray si le s i a. Two circular pieces twenty- five inches in diameter arc cut, one from each kind of material, and from the silesia two pockets. These pockets are .six inches in depth and four inches 1 across the top when drawn up. From gray Hanne 1 cut two leaves and work them around the edge in buttonhole stitch with red silk. Through the han? dle of a pair of medium-sized scissors tie ono end of a yard of narrow ribbon that matches in color the outside of the bag. Arrange the pockets, needle-book and scissors, as shown, on the lining, and sew strongly to it. Place tho lining on tho outside of tho bag and bind tho edges together with a strip of the sile? sia; sti...

THE ROANOKE TIMES. fiTVERY MORNING, EXCEPT MONDAY. BOA NOK E TIMES PUBLISHING CO., rubllsnors and Proprietors. TIMES BUILDING, Third avenue and First street. southwest. TERMS, BY MAIL, (Postage Propald.) Dally, one month ,.t " three months.J-JX ** six months . .... &amp;amp;w? ** one yoar."?w All papers sent out of the city must bo paid Cor invariably in advance. TELEPHONE NUMBER 1?L Tnr. TimkpIb delivered in Roarnko, Salem and Vinton every niorulng by caritora for ot) cents per month. THE WEEKLY TIMES. The Weekly Times, containing- the nows of the week In a more condensed form, one year, (3.00 In advance. Advertising rates made anown on applica? tion. _ Items of nows. communications, etc., should be addressed to the Editor of Tns Times. Remittances, by express, money-order, reg? istered letter, cheque, or draft, should bo ad? dressed and niado payablo to THE BOANOKE TIMES PUBLISHING CO. Roanoke. Virginia. Entered at the PostolDcc at Roanoke as sec? ond-class matter. ROANOKE, VA...

A SMUGGLER'S PARADISE. Ilovr Chinamen Ciatn Access to tlie United States. Looking at tho map ono may see that tho northwest corner of tho state of Washington is torn off, and the space that is left is filled with water, dotted with an archipelago. The island of Vancouver fits partially into the gaping corner as if it had been torn out by some gigantic convulsion. The tatters and debris of the rent form the archi? pelago. Our national interest centered in that corner long ago when that por? tion of tho boundary was in dispute, and the tension of a war feeling was only relieved when a foreign arbitrator set? tled tho boundary, and gave us tho island of San Juan, the most important in tho group. The city of Victoria, writes Julian Ralph in Harper's Maga? zine, confines nearly all the population on that corner of Vancouver island; tho &amp;lt;:ity of Vancouver is tho main settle? ment on the British Columbia shore, and on our borders are such little placce as Whatcom, New Dungeness,...

SOMETHING QUITE NEW. '-JCeantry Store nnd Dwelling of Novel mid Vnlquo Design. Vs A country Btoro that has living rooms j nbovo und can be built for about $2,300 its presented in this illustration. ?The building will have tho foundation land first story built of field stones. Tho second story of round butt shingles and (the roof to be *A* shingles. The ehiiu tneys will be of red pressed brick and ithe large one will be built on exterior of the house. The store is 20x30 in front part for groceries and 20x30 feet in rear part for idry-goods. There is a fire-place in the ^center part of building and flues are .provided for stove or furnace in base iment. You enter the living rooms above .through the store door. On the second \{jrrour?d r/oor Plan ?floor there are five rooms as follows: jParlor 13x14 feet, sitting-room 13x13 |ieet, dining-room 17x20 feet, kitchen ;14xl4 feet aud bedroom SxlO feet. The pantry is 5x14 feet arranged with ehclves and flour bin. ' The kitchen, pantry and hal...

ANYTHING ?WHICH WE? MAKE USE OF IS VALUABLE TO US. Gold Pens and holders, the largest as? sortment at tho lowest prices. Special discounts on all pens sold for month of May. Wo guarantee all pens or money refunded. Thompson's Book Store. BLANK BOOKS. A large shipment of Blank Stock just received and opened enables us to fur? nish theso goods in any style and quan? tity at prices lower than they have ever been offered at before. All styles blank books made to order. Prico and work? manship guaranteed. Thompson's Book Store. COPYING BOOKS AND PRESSES. Having secured the agency for the liest lino of French Copying ltooks, wo supply you retail, at wholesale price. Wo merely ask tho opportunity to save you dimes and often dollars on what you buy daily. Thompson's Bool Store. No. 30 Campbell Street. Coal! Coal and Wood! W. D. MYERS Has a Coal office at 58 Salem avenue. Orders received there for Coal and Wood, which will bo filled promptly on Short notice. Telepbono 08. apr8-lyS PANTS FOR ...

For bargains in real estate read THE TIMES. VOL. IX.-NO. 208. BARGAINS.?PEOPLE WIK) HAVE any money to invest can pick up liottor bargains In Real Estate now tban havo been olTorcd for a year. Tbero is no question about money being tight and very fow people being in a position to buy, but those who havo money and dp not invest because they aro afraid, aro robbing themselves. 1 have a fow bargains that aro exceptionally choap, that can bo bought during tho next 3 or 14 days at a very low cost. Call on or 'address, WILBURS. POLE. Rooms 3 and 4, Exchange Building. ~pOR RENT. Two good olllccs, ground lloor. cheap, Campbell street. 7-room house, stable, etc., $35 per month. Storo room and dwelling, S25 per month. 5-room houso, car line, Sl."&amp;gt; por month. 5-room house, S20 per month. ii&amp;lt;ruom house, S25 per month. 7-room house, Salem avenue, S30 per month. 5-room house, S'-() por month. Two good ollices, ground floor, Salem avenue. FOR SALE.?'.&amp;gt; choice lots i...

SALEM THE STREET RAILWAY. Who Has the Power to Grant a Charter? Roanokk Times Burkau. ) Hotel Lucerne, Salbu. Va. J At tho called meeting of tho town council of Salam Friday night for tho purpose of considering tho mattor of granting a street railway charter, the throo parties all reaching for tho Salem street railway plumb were represented by counsel, Major Griffin, of Redford City, appearing for tho Salom Street Railway Company, a company already chartered by tho legislature at tho head of which is, Col. A. M. Rowman; J. Alien Watts, of Roanoko, appearing for George L. Colgate, and commonwealth's Attorney L. C. llansbrough. for Mr. Levcrrier, of Lynchburg, who repre? sents a Richmond Street Railway Com? pany. At tho last regular mooting of tho council Maj. Griffin contended that a legislative charter was the only one on which a street railway could bo built. It was to refute this proposition of tho major's that Messrs. Watts and llansbrough appeared before tho coun? cil in behalf ...

TUBERCULAR BACILLI* Mcturea Illustrating the Katar? and lo? cution of the Microbes, j It is well known that infectious dis? eases, such as consumption and cholora, .have a parasitic origin, and that each iono of them has its characteristic micro torganism. In 1878 Dr. Koch published jbis .'^Untersuchung ueber dio Actiologie Fig. 1.?Section through tubercles of the lungs, showing two largo colls with numerous bacilli. The specimen having been colored, the bacilli appear as dark dashes. Maguillcd nine hundred times. der Wundinfcctionskrnnkhcitcn," which embodied the results of his investiga? tions in this field of research and formed tho basis of future study, the re? sult of which was tho discovery of the ?bacillus of tuberculosis. The course Ifollowcd by Dr. Koch has been so fully ?explained that it seems unnecessary to 'treat the subject again in detail, but wo {publish to-day two excellent cuts, for Which we are indebted to the Ulustrirto ;Zcitung, showing the bacilli alone and la...

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STILL IN THK 8WIM. The society season in Roanoko dies hard and tbo socioty peoplo aro Btili in tho swim. Thoy aro doing tho sensible thing of saving tho host for tbo last. Thero is no reflection on tho ontortain meats of tho season, for novor before in tho history of Boanoke have thero boon so many brilliant ovonts as have marked tho season just closing. The evont of tho past wook was tho "Cards and Dancing" given by sovoral of tho gentlemen of tho Tuosday Evon ing Club at Hotel Roanoko Friday even? ing. Thero was an abundance of boauty and tho married ladios, who wore pre? sent in largo numbors, won tbo honors of the evening. Manager Foster's ar? rangements for tho aifair wcro oomploto in every detail, and this was altogethrr one of tho most enjoyable entertain? ments over given in tho city. Tho gentleman managers expressed their gratification and ploasuroat Mr. Fos? ter's liberality and consideration. Thoy will bo further delighted to learn that ho contemplates giving a scries of ...

NBW8 OP THE OHUBCHE8. Tho now Lutheran Church which was contemplated to cost 540,000, will prob? ably cost muoh moro whon completed. This will be ono of tho most magnificent houses of worship in Virginia and money ?will not be spared in making its com? pletion perfect in ovory dotail. Many of tho wealthy members of tho congre? gation havo already expressod their willingness to doublo their subscrip? tions if necessary. Eev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, Ga., ono of tho loading Baptist divines of the South has been secured to preach tho dedicatory sermon when tho now Baptist Church of Vinton is dedicated. Tho Episcopel Council of Virginia will meet in Grace Episcopal Church, Petersburg, on Wednesday of next week, at 10 o'clock a. m., with fi 11 Epis? copal services and communion, imme? diately afterward tho bishop will call the council to order and appoint tho various committees, and then the coun? cil will adjourn till tho next morning at 9 o'clock. On tho afternoon of W&amp;...

For bargains in real ' estate read THE TIMES. : 1 VOL. IX.-NO. 209. BARGAINS.?PEOPLE WHO HAVE any money to invest can pick up bettor bargains in Heal Estate now than havo been o lie red for a year. Thero is no question about money being tight and vory few peoplo being in a position to buy, but those who havo money and do not invest because they are afraid, are robbing tbomselvos. 1 havo a few bargains that are exceptionally choap, that can bo bought during tbo next 3 or 4 days at a very low cost. Call on or address, WlLllUR S. POLE, Rooms 3 and 4, Exchange Building. J^OR RENT. Two good ollices, ground floor, cheap, Campbell street. 7-room house, stable, etc., 835 per month. Store room and dwelling, 825 per month. 5-rooro house, car line, 915 per month. 5-room house, 820 per month. 0-room house, 825 per mouth. 7-room house, Salem avenue, S30 per month. 5-room house, 820 per month. Two good ollices, ground floor, Salem avenue. FOR SALE.?&amp;lt;J choice lots in Rclmont Addition at...